AIM OF SURVEY: To figure out and evaluate extent of addictive drug usage among university students in the Czech Republic and Italy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was carried out via anonymous questionnaires completed by the students during academic year 2005/2006; questionnaires used in both countries were identical. There were 806 participants in total; concretely 305 students of the University of Camerino in Italy, 270 of the University of Hradec Kralove learners and 231 students of Tomas Bata University in Zlin. Chi square test for dependence of two qualitative characters was used. RESULTS: The most of Czech and Italian students has an experience with legal addictive substances; 21.4% of Czech and 28.2% of Italian participants (p<0.05) smoke cigarettes regularly and 21.0% of Czech and 23.6% of Italian respondents have admitted regular consummation of alcohol (sever times per week or more often). As for illegal addictive drug the most often experienced substance was cannabis (CZE 59.5%, ITA 46.9%; p<0.05), followed by cocaine in Italy (13.1%) and psychedelic mushrooms in the Czech Republic (17.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Our results confirm the accretive experimental usage of cannabis drugs among European young people and as well they reflect specifics of drug scenes of both countries.

AIM OF SURVEY: To figure out and evaluate extent of addictive drug usage among university students in the Czech Republic and Italy. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was carried out via anonymous questionnaires completed by the students during academic year 2005/2006; questionnaires used in both countries were identical. There were 806 participants in total; concretely 305 students of the University of Camerino in Italy, 270 of the University of Hradec Kralove learners and 231 students of Tomas Bata University in Zlin. Chi square test for dependence of two qualitative characters was used. RESULTS: The most of Czech and Italian students has an experience with legal addictive substances; 21.4% of Czech and 28.2% of Italian participants (p<0.05) smoke cigarettes regularly and 21.0% of Czech and 23.6% of Italian respondents have admitted regular consummation of alcohol (sever times per week or more often). As for illegal addictive drug the most often experienced substance was cannabis (CZE 59.5%, ITA 46.9%; p<0.05), followed by cocaine in Italy (13.1%) and psychedelic mushrooms in the Czech Republic (17.6%). CONCLUSIONS: Our results confirm the accretive experimental usage of cannabis drugs among European young people and as well they reflect specifics of drug scenes of both countries.